I watched 10 minutes of the State of the Union address, and that was eight too many. Were I President Obama’s speechwriter, here’s what you’d have heard.

“Good evening: I realize most of you (pointing to his audience in the Capitol) would rather be somewhere else and most Americans watching this on TV are _issed off at me for pre-empting their regular shows, so I’ll keep this short.

(Standing ovation)

“Good news, fellow Americans. The economy is improving, but not fast enough. The bad news is that it’s your fault. Things won’t get better until you start buying stuff, so get off your _ss right now and go buy a new American-made car or at least the new Blackberry. Use that credit card, what do you think it’s for? We’ve pumped money into the economy – now it’s your turn. Buy something.

“And you (pointing to Congress), make up your mind. Do we slash the budget and kill the recovery to resolve the deficit, or do we increase spending to improve the economy? That $2.5 trillion we’ve already cut isn’t exactly stimulus, you know. What’ll it be?

(A noticeable lack of applause)

“Now is our best chance for bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation and helps bring down the deficit, but that’s not going to happen because we’re all owned by large corporate and other special interests, we’re in the upper one percent and have no real clue how the middle class, let alone, the poor live and could care less. Besides, you keep electing us, so you must like the status quo.

(Camera pans to nodding heads)

“Folks, too many people are dying from gun violence. A majority of Americans favor banning the sale of assault-type weapons, even though someone with a pistol and several magazines could do just as much damage in any crowded place, and even though we know Congress will never pass such a bill. If you really want to ban assault-type weapons, you’re going to have to elect some new representatives and senators. If that’s what you want, vote Democratic in two years.

(Silence)

“Let’s talk about the war on terror: we’re winning. I personally ordered a hit on Osama bin Laden, and I’ve sent the drones after al Qaeda. Screw the constitution, if there’s an American with a terrorist group, he’ll soon be toast. I ain’t putting up with that &*%$.

“We’re out of Iraq, and we’re winding down in Afghanistan. We shoulda done that five years ago, but I wasn’t president then.”

“That’s it. Good night. Now go out and buy something big and expensive.”

(Standing ovation as politicians bolt for the exits.)

Here’s how Senator Marco Rubio could have presented the Republican response:

(Silence, punctuated with a middle-finger salute to the commander in chief.)

Mark Beardsley is the editor of The Commerce News. He lives in Commerce.

The National Rifle Association has obtained a Department of Justice memo calling for national gun registration and confiscation. The nine page “cursory summary” on current gun control initiatives was not officially released by the Obama administration.
The DOJ memo states the administration “believes that a gun ban will not work without mandatory gun confiscation” and thinks universal background checks “won’t work without requiring national gun registration.” Obama has yet to publicly support national registration or firearms confiscation, although the memo reveals his administration is moving in that direction.
The memo stands in stark contrast to the administration’s public stance on so-called gun control. White House spokesman Jay Carney said last month that laws proposed by Obama would not “take away a gun from a single law-abiding American.”
The NRA declined to explain how it obtained the document. The memo was written by the acting director of the Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice, Greg Ridgeway. It is dated January 4, two weeks before Obama mounted his attack on the Second Amendment following the Sandy Hook massacre. Ridgeway came to the Justice Department from the RAND corporation.
The memo says universal background checks on firearms purchases may help the government push to control and eventually outlaw firearms, but it would lead to an increase in illegally purchased guns.
It pointed out that banning high capacity ammunition clips would be ineffective due to the fact there is a large number of them already in circulation.
A Justice Department official said the memo is an unfinished review of gun violence research and does not represent administration policy.

Do you squat in empty houses and try to steal them? I think that's the most common public conception of "sovereign citizen." Or do you just refuse to say the pledge of allegiance or acknowledge the country's flag? Or are you the type of "sovereign citizen" who just spreads lies on local newspaper forums?

The most notorious sovereign citizen would be Terry Nichols who helped Timothy McVey draw up plans to blow up the Federal building in Oklahoma City. However, he tried to pretend that he didn't think McVey would go through with it and managed to get a life sentence. Most sovereign citizens are not that dangerous and like to play on the internet and cut and paste all kinds of junk that somebody else wrote for them.

Anyone who doesn't bend over and take it from the government is a hate group no matter what your color or sex. I own my own home, I don't pledge allegiance to anyone or thing. To pledge allegiance is to blindly follow. What lies have I spread?

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